Comb.



No. 846,058. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

' G. SCHMIDT.

COMB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES SCHMIDT, OF'NEW YORK, N. rpAssioNon OF ONE-HALF To JOSEPH C. HOFFMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 5, 1907.

' Application filed Jilly 21,1906. Serial No. 327,209.

T0 at whom it may conc ing-plate is designed to be engaged upon the Be it known that I, CHARLES SCHMIDT, a i comb by a simple and convenient manipulacitizen of the United States, residing at the 1 tion and may, furthermore, be made so as to city of New York, in the borough of Brook- 1 harmonize with the design of the comb and lyn and State of New York, have invented l have an ornamental appearance.

and useful Improvements in Referring now to the drawings, in which Combs, of which the following is a full, clear, like parts are designated by the same referand exact description. ence-sign, 1 indicates a comb having teeth 2 My invention relates to combs, particuof the ordinary or any desired character. larly of that character worn by ladies for The usual form of comb is arcuate, so as to keeping the hair in place and for the puraccord with the shape of the wearers head. poses of ornament. 3 indicates extensions upon each end ofthe The principal Object of my invention is to comb 1, the lower edges of which are beveled, provide a comb of this character which may as shown at 4. The direction of these bevels be securely fastened in its engagement with is such as to impel the locking-plate onto the the hair, so as to avoid liability of loss by comb when these parts are properly engaged accident or theft. together.

A further object of the invention is to pro- A practical construction of locking-plate vide a twopart comb of which the compois particularly illustrated in Figs 3 and 7. nent members are securely connected in use This comprises a strip or plate 5 of sheet and which cooperate to lock-the comb in metal or other suitable material curved to place upon the hair and also to prevent the correspond to the curvature of the comb 1 hair itself from becoming disarranged. and bent backwardly at each end, so as to With these and other objects in'view the provide a pair of ears 6. These ears 6 eninvention consists in the features of coni gage the extensions 3, so as to guide the plate struction and combinations of parts herein- 5 upon the comb 1. The cars may therefore after described and claimed. be said to constitute means for engaging the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing plate slidably upon the main portion of the the comb applied. Fig. 2 is a view showing comb l in the direction of the teeth thereof, the comb separate from its locking-plate. since by reason of these cars the plate is Fig. 8 is a view showing the locking-plate. guided to have such movement on the comb. Fig. 4 is a view showing the locking-plate in Intermediate the ears 6 and along the lower position upon the comb. Fig. 5 is a detail edge of the locking-plate are a series of view illustrating the manner in which the prongs 7, which are in the form of hooks bent locking-plate is positioned upon the comb. around to project upwardly, as shown in Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the I Fig. 7. parts in a later stage of the engagement. 1 The form and proportions of the locking Fig. 7 is a sectional vew on the line VII VII plate 5 is such as to slip over the comb 1, in of Fig. 4. which relation the ears 6 engage the bevel The ordinary construction of comb worn extensions 3 above described. The location by ladies is very liable to become displaced of the prongs 7 is such as to fit between adj ain use, since the frictional engagement of the cent teeth 2 of the comb, said prongs proteeth thereof in the hair is the only means ecting through the spaces between the available for preventing such dislodgment. teeth and upwardly on the reverse side of the As these combs are used for the purposes of comb. I provide means for fastening the ornament and are frequently more or less locking-plate in proper relation upon the costly, it is very desirable to provide some comb. A convenient construction is-illusmeans in addition to the mere frictional entrated in Figs. 3 and 7, the same consisting gagement of the teeth for precluding their of embossed protuberances 8 on the lockingaccidental loss. l

, plate, which spring into oppositely-located In carrying out my invention I make use cavities 9 of the comb. of a locking-plate which has prongs spe- The use and operation of this invention cially constructed to engage the hair at points will be clear from the preceding description. between the teeth of the comb. This look- It is merely necessary to insert the comb 1 in ICO between the teeth 2 and the hair and afterward manipulate the locking-plate 5 so that the ears 6 are engaged beneath the beveled edges 4 of the comb, in which relation the prongs 7 will enter slightly among the-folds of the hair. If the. lockingplate is now pressed upward, the ears 6 are cammed inward by the bevels i, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the locking-plate is closely applied to the comb, as shown in Fig. 6. At the same time the prongs 7, enter the spaces engage the folds or convolutions of the hair with sufficient firmness to prevent the withdrawal of the comb. The fastening means ing-plate properly positioned upon the comb as long as the device is in use. In order to remove the comb, the locking-plate is slipped downwardly by an operation which is in all respects the reverse of the procedure in applying the comb.

It is to be noted that the locking-plate 5 may be of any desired material or ornamen tal character and that this plate is the only part visible to any extent when the comb is in use. Accordingly in practice I propose to have a number of plates of different styles, all of which are interchangeably applicable to a single comb, which may be of plain and inexpensive construction. In this way the purchaser has all the advantages of a number of separate combs of different styles, and at the same time the comb proper is easily renewable in case it should be broken or otherwise damaged.

When my improved comb is applied as shown in Fig. 1, it is not only locked in place itself, but it also serves to hold the hair in place and prevent its disarrangement.

What I claim is- 1. A comb for ladies hair, comprising a main portion having teeth and a lockingplate also having teeth curved or bent around so as to point reversely, means for engaging said plate slidably upon the main portion in 8 serve to keep the locka direction longitudinal of the teeth thereof l so that the teeth of the plate pass upward between the teeth of the main portion to engage the hair of the wearer, and means for locking the plate in such relation after a predetermined amount of such upward slidable movement.

2. A comb for ladies hair, comprising a main portion having teeth and a back with lateral extensions, and locking-plate having teeth curved around so as to point reversely and having ears which slide upwardly on said extensions, so that the teeth of the plate enter between the teeth of the main portion to engage the hair of the wearer.

3. A comb for ladies hair, comprising a main portion having teeth and a lockingplate having teeth bent around to point reversely and adapted to pass between the teeth of the comb, said plate having ears bent around to engage the main portion, and having means cooperating with the main portion to hold the locking-plate in position.

4. In combination, a comb for ladies hair, having a pair of extensions thereon, the lower edges of said extensions being beveled, and a locking-plate having ears adapted to engage said beveled extensions and having prongs adapted to enter between the teeth of the comb.

5. In combination, a comb for ladies hair, having a pair of extensions thereon, the lower edges of said extensions being beveled, and a locking-plate having bent-over ears to engage said extensions and having prongs to enter between the teeth of said comb, said looking-plate having protuberances thereon adapted to be received in corresponding recesses of the comb.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

WM. M. STOCKBRIDGE, FRANK S. OBER. 

